Crucible Vocab
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- Utilitarian
- Designed for practical use rather than beauty
- Dissemble
- put on a false appearance, to conceal facts, feelings or intentions
- Heathen
- offensive term used to mock someone who doesn't acknowledge the bible or got
- Traffic
- To trade illegally, to have dealings with
- abomination
- something horrible or shameful;a feeling of intense dislike or disapproval toward somebody or something
- providence
- God's guidance; god as a caring force; good judgement
- titillate
- to excite or stimulate, used in a mildly sexual way
- pilgrimage
- religious journey;a journey to a holy place
- pretense
- insincere or false behavior that is not genuine
- covenant
- solemn or legally binding agreement;
- afoot
- happening,occurring, going on
- prodigious
- sizable, impressive, or amazing
- quail
- to fell fear or apprehension
- defamation
- insult, offense, slander, libel, vilification
- magistrate
- lower court judge or a local law officer, an official of the court
- ameliorate
- to improver or make something better
- lewd
- coarse, vulgar, rude
- Fornication
- sexual intercourse between two consenting adults who are unmarried
- vestry
- the room attached to a church where sacred objects are kept
- contentious
- causing disagreement and disputes; argumentative
- affidavit
- written version of a sworn statement
- Deference
- respect, esteem, reverence, regard
- Plaintiff
- somebody who begins a lawsuit against somebody else
- Effrontery
- Shameless nerve, bold or arrogant behavior
- Probity
- Goodness, decency, honesty, integrity
- Guile
- cunning,deceitfulness, slyness
- Augur
- soothsayer or prophet (v.) to indicate or suggest what will happen in the future
- Harlot
- Prostitute
- Excommunication
- the act of formally excluding a baptized christian from taking part in the church
- Beguile
- To entice, woo, lure, hypnotize, mesmerize
- Cleave
- to cling faithfully to somebody or something; to split or cut a path through something
- Indictment
- accusation before a jury; a statement or fact that accuses